Single White Female

8/14/19921h 47m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ Living with a roommate can be murder. ~

Overview:

Attractive Manhattanite Allison Jones has it all: a handsome beau, a rent-controlled apartment, and a promising career as a fashion designer. When boyfriend Sam proves unfaithful, Allison strikes out on her own but must use the classifieds to seek out a roommate in order to keep her spacious digs.

Director:

Barbet Schroeder

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$16,000,000.00

Revenue:

$48,017,402.00

Key words:

stalker
remote control
puppy
basement
lesbian relationship
photograph
surprise party
mental illness
business card
ice cream
stairway
software
desperate

Cast

Bridget Fonda

~ as ~

Allison 'Allie' Jones

Jennifer Jason Leigh

~ as ~

Hedra 'Hedy' Carlson

Steven Weber

~ as ~

Sam Rawson

Peter Friedman

~ as ~

Graham Knox

Stephen Tobolowsky

~ as ~

Mitch Myerson

Frances Bay

~ as ~

Elderly Neighbor

Tara Karsian

~ as ~

Mannish Applicant

Christiana Capetillo

~ as ~

Exotic Applicant

Jessica Lundy

~ as ~

Talkative Applicant

Renée Estevez

~ as ~

Perfect Applicant

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Reviews (1)

Wuchak
Written 5 year(s) ago
6
Roommate from Hell

An engaged designer (Bridget Fonda) living in an aging Gothic apartment in Manhattan dumps her boyfriend (Steven Weber) and advertises for a roommate. She ends up with a friendly identical twin that lost her sister when she was a girl (Jennifer Jason Leigh). A quality friendship develops until dubious things start happening.

"Single White Female" (1992) mixes elements of “Fatal Attraction” (1987) with the setting of “Rosemary’s Baby” (1968). It’s not great like the former, but it’s on par with the latter and arguably superior. The film possesses a haunting ambiance, which is assisted by the venue, but this same attribute eventually hinders the movie by making it one-dimensional. “Rosemary’s Baby” had the same problem.

The fact that the two stars regularly appear in various stages of undress is titillating, yet it can’t make up for the one-note tone and locale. Still, the movie’s entertaining enough and I would’ve given it a better grade, but the third act is overlong and curiously tedious despite the slasher thrills.

The film runs 1 hour, 47 minutes and was shot at Ansonia Hotel, Manhattan, and Raleigh Studios, Hollywood.

GRADE: B-